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December 13th, 2019

12/12/2019

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​He sailed from Plymouth on Dec. 13, 1577. The squadron consisted of five vessels, the two larger ships being the Pelican, Drake's own ship, renamed Golden Hind on the voyage, on August 20, 1578; and the Elizabeth, commanded by John Winter. Three smaller vessels were the Marigold, Swan, and Benedict.
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the Great Alaskan earthquake occurred this date in 1964 @5:36 PM AKST

3/27/2019

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​​The strongest earthquake in American history, measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale, slams southern Alaska, creating a deadly tsunami. Some 131 people were killed and thousands injured.
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Master of EXXON VALDEZ  innocent of three major charges - including intoxication

3/23/2019

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On March 23rd 1990, a jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former Master of EXXON VALDEZ Capt Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges - including intoxication - but convicted him of a minor charge of negligent discharge. 
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On this day in Maritime History 1898:  Battleship USS Maine explodes leading to Spanish American War

2/15/2017

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​A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard.
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On This Day in Maritime History: Captain Cook killed in Hawaii

2/14/2017

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On February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook, the great English explorer and navigator, is murdered by natives of Hawaii during his third visit to the Pacific island group. Read More.
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February 11th, 2017

2/11/2017

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Today in Maritime History: U.S. steamship Tuscania is torpedoed and sinks

2/5/2017

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On February 5, 1918, the Anchor line steamship Tuscania, traveling as part of a British convoy and transporting over 2,000 American soldiers bound for Europe, is torpedoed and sinks off the coast of Ireland by the German submarine U-77.  Read More.
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Jan 30th: Today in Maritime History  first Purpose Built Lifeboat Launched

1/30/2017

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On 30 January 1790, the first purpose built lifeboat was launched on the River Tyne. Appropriately called "the Original", the boat was in service for over 40 years saving hundreds of lives.  The first lifeboat was built by Henry (Francis) Greathead in 1789
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Today in Maritime History Jan 23rd: Joseph Conrad returns to London after long career at sea

1/23/2017

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On this day in 1894, Joseph Conrad returns to London to settle down after a long career at sea. There, he begins rewriting a story he had been working on during his travels, which becomes his first novel, Almayer’s Folly.  Read More.  #MaritimeHistory.

Almayer’s Folly was published in 1895. Conrad’s work progressively grew from hearty sea adventure tales to sophisticated and pessimistic explorations of morals, personal choices, and character. His best-known works, including Lord Jim, Nostromo and The Secret Agent, were published between 1900 and 1911, but he did not become financially secure from his fiction until late in his career. He died in 1924."  Read More.
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Today in Maritime History Jan 23rd: USS Pueblo captured by North Korea - Captain surrenders ship

1/23/2017

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On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo, a Navy intelligence vessel, is engaged in a routine surveillance of the North Korean coast when it is intercepted by North Korean patrol boats.

According to U.S. reports, the Pueblo was in international waters almost 16 miles from shore, but the North Koreans turned their guns on the lightly armed vessel and demanded its surrender. The Americans attempted to escape, and the North Koreans opened fire, wounding the commander and two others. With capture inevitable, the Americans stalled for time, destroying the classified information aboard while taking further fire. Several more crew members were wounded. Finally, the Pueblo was boarded and taken to Wonson. There, the 83-man crew was bound and blindfolded and transported to Pyongyang, where they were charged with spying within North Korea’s 12-mile territorial limit and imprisoned."  On December 23, 1968, 11 months after the Pueblo‘s capture, the surviving 82 crewmen walked one by one across the “Bridge of No Return” at Panmunjon to freedom in South Korea.  Read more.
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